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Post by bescheid on Mar 7, 2006 9:46:00 GMT -7
For so long, the tragic resulting injury sustained by a terrible accident, has been suffered by many victims in total paralysis. To address this condition, a group of Berlin researchers are in the process of developing a brain reading device that will translate brain impulse into action.
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07.03.2006
Berlin reserchers’ brain-controlled device could help the disabled
Researchers in Berlin have come a step closer to developing a device that will enable people to write and manipulate objects by reading their mind.
The so-called mental typewriter that translates thoughts into cursor movements on a computer screen will be on display at the computer technology fair CeBIT, which opens in the German city of Hanover on March 9.
"It'll be our first public presentation," says Mirjam Kaplow, spokeswoman for the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Architecture and Software Technology, which is developing the project along with the Department of Neurology at the Charité hospital.
The teams led by professors Klaus-Robert Mueller and Gabriel Curio have spent several years working on the Brain Computer Interface - a system which allows for a direct dialogue between man and machine.
The long-term objective of the research is to create a brain-controlled device that could allow people with severe disabilities to communicate with the outside world.
Even if a person who is completely paralyzed cannot move his or her eyes left or right he or she can still think with the left and right parts of his brain. These thoughts or signals would be enough to activate the device.
Signals from the brain are measured by 128 electrodes affixed to the subject's scalp, similar to an electroencephalogram (EEG). With the help of a software programme, specific signals are picked out among the nebulous mass of information.
The computer's self-learning capacity allows it to identify individual brain patters and constantly improve its performance, says Mueller.
"It's like being at a cocktail party when you have to absorb what the person opposite you is saying above the din of music, the clinking of glasses and the sound of other voices," Mueller says.
By analyzing neural signals it is possible to determine before the actual movement takes place whether a person intends to move his or her right or left hand, for example.
"The breakthrough will come when we develop a contact-free EEG, something that looks like a cap, researchers say, expecting progress on this front during the current year.
Charles
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Post by sciwriter on Mar 7, 2006 23:14:06 GMT -7
Will prolonged use produce seizures?
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Post by sciwriter on Mar 7, 2006 23:18:53 GMT -7
www.exu.ilstu.edu/support/lifebits.htmlMicrosoft Research Project strains credibility Microsoft has begun a research project to create an infrastructure that would allow individuals to store their lives online. The section below is a quote from a Microsoft website describing the project. Following is a hilarious/sad letter by a New Scientist reader... The MyLifeBits project aims to put all personal documents and media online, to allow time-shifting, and location independence when you are connected to MyLifeBits. Gordon Bell has captured 10 gigabytes of articles, books, cards, CDs, letters, memos, papers, photos, pictures, presentations, home movies, videotaped lectures, and voice recordings and stored them digitally. One of the challenges of this project is to encourage people to take their personal memorabilia out of the shoebox and store them online. The technical challenge is ensuring that this information will be readable by future devices.We are building software to support MyLifeBits, beginning with a MyLifeBits Server that can support capture, storage, and management of personal media, including: TV with Web enchancement, radio, personal music collections, and home video.
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Post by bescheid on Mar 8, 2006 10:34:03 GMT -7
Carl
As with many research projects, there lays the entity of the unknown and as such, a certain amount of risk. But, within the scope of this project. The electrodes are as antennas, receiving the various signals emitted by the brain, a type of electric wave lengths that must be interpreted by the computer soft ware. The computer then learns to interpret this signals into a previously known factor in as such as a electronic library as you will. From that library, the computer then has learned the representation of each of these signals, and thus, will place them into action as the intended will of the host person.
The system works as of a skull cap to insure the contacts are secure and flexible. The unknowns are in the area of static electricity, microwave transmissions, close proximity of the effects of a radio transmitter/receiver.
The other concern: Would be the unauthorized development of the system in a military application. For this would be not for why the technique was developed for.
Charles
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Post by pieter on Mar 8, 2006 11:17:13 GMT -7
This is botth a scientific wonder of Medical science and human progression.
Charles,
It is phantastic for those poor islolated people with severe disabilities,
who suffer from lonelyness caused by the lack of contact with others
due to their severe disability.
Pieter
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Post by bescheid on Mar 8, 2006 11:26:45 GMT -7
Pieter
Thank you for your presence of mind! Yes, also do I hope for this in frutation as a reality. For the sake of these people through no fault of their own, to other wise be doomed to live with their condition through out the remainder of their lives.
It is my since thanks to the programme people in the pursuit of this programme, and the courage to see it through to fruitation.
This would be my sincere dream
Charles
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Post by sciwriter on Mar 8, 2006 11:48:03 GMT -7
Charles & Pieter, this will also be an excellent diagnostic nand therapeutic development & monitoring tool for central nervous system (brain) disorders. CarL
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Post by bescheid on Mar 8, 2006 13:03:04 GMT -7
Carl
Yes, there lays within the grasp of this technology, a great many areas of opportunity in the flavour of medicine.
It is at present, the question of progress and money. If both will hold out, then reality of this new technology will then have the opportunity to prosper.
Charles
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Post by sciwriter on Mar 8, 2006 23:43:53 GMT -7
Charles & Pieter:
Coming soon! Mentalist Roboticus—Mind Reading Machine?
Potential applications:
. Portable mind reading machines in which users communicate with each other more rapidly than with conventional means on Earth and in Earth communitiesin outer Space.
. Mind reading lie detectors used in criminal investigations.
Concerns would include:
. Possibility of convulsive seizures caused by the machine.
. Use of the machine by Orwellian "Big Brothers" to control the minds of citizens of their country. Victims would use the machine as a sousveillance (anti-surveillance) device to thwart control by Big Brothers.
. Use of the system by terrorists who would order victims to kill themselves. Anti-terrorists would use the device on the terrorists.
BTW I e-mailed the researchers for more information.
Cheers.
Carl
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Post by bescheid on Mar 9, 2006 8:44:42 GMT -7
Carl
I recognize your concerns as being very valid. This is a primary concern with this type of technology, that is the misuse for reasons out side the scope of intended use.
In as much to mind control though. I would tend to believe it would be a wast of resources. The use of psychology is very advanced at present, and is easily transfered to non-professional trainers with just rudimentary instruction making it very cost effective.
At present, an enormous amount of group psychology has been demonstrated very successfully for many many years in the advertising industry. It is easily applied with very little resistance to idea transfer, and very adaptable to varying degrees of public intellectual education and personal sophistication.
The use of psychology has continuously undergone vast achievements with research of the mind. Both as a valuable tool in medicine, and, as an aid to social scientist. Even though Sociology and psychology are opposite sides of the mind (one is the study of the world out side the mind, the other is the study of the world inside the mind), they still compliment each other in application.
The military of most every nation has used these concepts for many years, some just were not totally aware of the concept.
The primary reason of a military uniform is this: to create a uniformity of the solders clothing, and in doing so, create a mind set of a military solder. And that is discipline and following orders. The solders primary job, is kill the enemy. And for the most part, he will, because he looks the part in dress and equipment, his primary training gives him/her the tools to do the job, his mind set, was in the training his instructors have given him/her.
The same as most specialized areas of endeavor, the uniform is a very powerful tool of recognition of that segment of society, the particular individual will have responsibility within.
The long past Japanese commanders of the suicide groups used for pilots of those Kamikaze aircraft, were trained with the use of psychology, the tool was indoctrination and symbols. They did their work because they believed in what they were doing was good, the needs of the many, out weighed the needs of the few.
The above is a crude form of examples, but, demonstrates the power of applied psychology.
For social control, intrusive electronic equipment into the human brain is not cost effective or practical as a broad use of social control.
Psychology has advanced to the degree of an extremely cost effective method of application on a broad scale. It is well proven, and for the most part, not recogonized for what it is.
Charles
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Post by sciwriter on Mar 9, 2006 15:47:42 GMT -7
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Post by bescheid on Mar 9, 2006 20:38:01 GMT -7
Carl
I see you are still working on this, well that is ok. I see also of some terms that are very out dated, but in their time, very dangerous.
MK-ULTRA/MK-DELTA Both were dumped as ineffective. I am not sure how wise it would be to be digging up the dirt of some of these, it is always possible to bring to the surface, some thing very smelly.
The far past programme of paper clip brought out of the dregs of the war, some very prominent peace time physicians, each had been a specialist. Then hired by a mix of pharmaceutical firms in war time Germany and procured to work experiments in the concentration camps. At wars end, some of these physicians were kept under US protection for their specific experiment knowledge and brought to the USA and given citizenship. Some of this knowledge formed the basis as a foundation for interrogation experiments. But, also proved medical procedures that had been gained by experience in the camps were integrated into medical knowledge that were formally risky invasive procedures, but with the use of this new information, are now common place low risk medical procedures.
My intention originally once I had viewed your post return, was to proceed with some Currant Central Intelligence interrogation procedures. But, the records have been moved and I no longer have access to them. The dirty dogs!
And to toss salt on the wounds, I removed all url traces out of my computer records, and so have now only the memory of nothing.
What I would like to add though of the source url you have so kindly provided is: The writers I suspect, are very inventive and imaginative with their descriptions of what little they know.
As you may have guessed, we are entering an arena of conversation I would rather not further.
As a by and by though. You might run up a South African cardiologist of Wouther Basson. He once held the position in Pretoria as head of medical research, before entering into the SADF. He has undergone a considerable amount of negative legal experience with the South African Truth Commission. The man has been tried in the courts in the Cape on several counts but, the trials always will end up the same. A wast of time and resources.
Too many countries (USA included) owe to much to him for his experience and help with their germ war fare programmes, and heaven for bid, also that of Germany. And of course the monies provided support his legal expenses.
In truth, if I had thought this subject was to migrate into this direction, I would not have presented it.
Now nothing you have done is wrong! Just my problem I must deal with.
Charles
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Post by sciwriter on Mar 9, 2006 23:13:51 GMT -7
Charles: I’m familiar with the material in your post. As a youngster in NYC USA. I met some MKULTRA victims and scientists who immigrated to USA under Operation Paper Clip. I’m familiar with the Wouter Basson (Dr. Death) case in South Africa: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1923000.stmI enjoyed this discussion, but as you suggested, let’s end it. Thanks. Carl |
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Post by bescheid on Mar 10, 2006 12:43:09 GMT -7
Carl Thank you very much.  Charles |
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Post by sciwriter on Mar 10, 2006 14:36:40 GMT -7
Charles, you're welcome. Carl
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